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Fred Ponsonby

Ponsonby, Fred, Private, 1628, 1st/6th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Disembarked for service 28th February 1915
Born Litton, Derbyshire
Enlisted Litton
Resided Cressbrook, Derbyshire
Killed in action 21st May 1915 aged 19
Son of Harry and Hannah Jane Ponsonby, of 52, Institute Row, Cressbrook, Buxton.
Buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, E, 29

1911 Census
A lead mine dresser
Son of Harry, a lead mine stationary engineman, and Hannah Jane Ponsonby, of Cressbrook, Derbyshire

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(Photograph and article from the Derbyshire Courier, 5th June 1915)

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